The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
FLORIDA.

III u lew DAYS
Rev. Mr. Nash baptized four persons at
| Ocala last week.
The water in the streams and ponds near
Plant City is unusually low for this season.
A District Sunday School Convention is
| to be held at Madison on May 20, 81 and ~.
The timber lands in the southeastern part
| of Levy county are attracting considerable
attention.
H. j. Cooper has bought the Tampa
Journal. The scheme 10 amalgamate with
| the Tribune fell through.
The water in the driven well at the mill
| at Jasper, now run by John Collier, IS
| strongly impregnated with sulphur.
! Citra's Improvement Society held its an
| niversary ON April ii. The Hon. z. Il.
Bishop delivered an address and Mr.. Ma
| thews supplied the music.
At Palatka Friday Henry Virgins, the
murderer of VIM. 7. Porter, was for the
second time sentenced to be hanged for his
| foul crime. The Governor will name the
| date for the execution.
The steamer Cumberland, which piled the
last season on the route between Tampa and
Mobile, is now on the docks at Blackwater,
| near Pensacola, receiving extensive repairs
and alterations. The libel suit recently be-
gun against her by former master has been
| satisfactorily settled and she is now clear of
| all Indebtedness.
| DR.. Fakes and Mr.. Spivey, and Mr.. Adam
and Douglas Eichelberger, and other truck
ers around Ocala have splendid cabbages,
potatoes, etc, notwithstanding the UMPIRE
cedented drought and cold weather The
returns on cabbages alone have melted
| MeSsrs. Fakes and Spivey upwards of 1000,
| and they have 400 barrels more to hear from.
| Attorney Burford has just sold five acres
| of his Lake Weir property to Miss Jane
Anderson for 81 900. Miss Anderson is a sis
| ter OF Mr.. III. Anderson, who short time
since bought three acres of Gen. Bullock
for 81 900. Miss Acherson will divide her
purchase with her sister, and upon their re-
spective tracts will each erect beautiful
winter homes.
Sanford Journal: The SAVANNAH MORN
ING NEWS comes to us in an entirely new
dress, and looks as neat as pin. There are
few papers in the South that equal the SA-
vANNAH NEWS, and its modesty in saying
nothing of a new dress that could not have
cost short of 50, 900 or $1,000, is in keeping
with everything it does. 1t gives the news
and makes no boasts.
A grand tournament will take place in
Fort Meade on Wednesday, Maya. There
will be seventy five knights in costume, who
will compete for the five cash prizes which
are offered TO the knights who succeed in
getting the greatest number of rings, also
the honor of browning the Queen of May
and her three maids of honor by the success
full ones among the unmarried knights,
The committee appointed by the City
Council of Ocala to select market site
have decided on the old Jail lot. Plans and
specifications are now being drawn up, for
the structure. 1t will be about the size of
the court house, with market on the first
floor, and the second story will be used as an
arTmory. A combination was perfected be-
tween the city and County Commissioners
as to the funds for the erection.
Mr. Wilcox sold at Mt. Dora last week a
homestead of 100 acres, known as the Nc
Donald homestead, for the sum of $50, 900
The land lies between the business portion
of the town and the Chautauqua grounds,
and was sold to gentleman from Utica,
n. Y, who, it is believed, represents land
syndicate of that city. 1t will put Mt Dora
on boom. This property sold less than
five years ago for 5000. This was perhaps
one of the best investments that has been
made in Florida for some time.
Mrs. John Stubs, of Madison county. on
Thursday of last week was sitting in her
room, when she saw hawk make a plunge
into her poultry yard and arise with a gosling
in its talons. Hastily getting her husbands
shotgun, she stepped to the door and fired at
the hawk as il circled around the yard. Her
aim proved 10 be correct for the contents of
the. gun found a lodgment in the birds vitals,
and IL gracefully whirled and fell to the
ground dead It was an immense fellow,
and measured feet from tip to tip.
Sam Wah Lee, the John Chinaman who
for the past two or three months has been
keeping California Chinese restaurant at
Orlando, skipped the city Monday night II
is thought that he left on the midnight fast
mail train. He served his last meal Mon
day at supper and left everything, chairs,
s.1I 81 If.l., l,,s..
No reason can be assigned for his departure
except that he had contracted for his
quarters a little longe" possibly than he
wanted 10 pay for them aud business was
dull
McClenny Sentinel: II appears as though
old Nick has possessed the colored BOYS in
the suburbs Of this place. Last week we re-
corded the outragng of a coloIed girl within
half mile OF her parents TeSdence-the
l2year-old daughter of George Leggett, by
one Simon Smith, who, upon accosting the
girl and being rejected, persevered and ac-
complished his purposes. Another outrage
appears TO have occurred upon the railroad
Sunday morning by a negro named General
Hollerman upon the person OF another col
ored girl, who was rescued by the arrival of
assistance in response TO her cries.
There has been quite an exciting time at
Chipley before Justice Cook The negro
rioters, eight in number, at w. Hitch's
Carville mill, were all arrested bv the sheriff
on Friday aud Saturday last and arlnigned
before the Justice. They were accused of
intimidating the other mill hands and acting
IN riotous and tumultuous manner 20 tho
terror of the people. After a long trial
extending fully two days his honor found
them guilty of the ofrense as libcled
and hound them over 70 await the action OF
the grand jury. Mr. Butler, OF Mudem 4,
| Butler acted for the prosecution aud Mr. W.